Top TSA Airport Security News and Analysis

The complaints continue to pile up about how the TSA is handling airport security: Taking off shoes and belts is unnecessarily intrusive, some say; scanners are adding to pilots' already-high radiation levels and, in some opinions, are giving strangers a glimpse beneath your undergarments; and intrusive pat-downs are your only other option. Here's the top news and analysis on your rights, national defense concerns and changing airport security procedures.

The TSA, the Law and Democracy: The People's Security

The TSA, the Law and Democracy: The People's Security

Are intrusive airport scanners legal? Probably—but that's the wrong question. Here, PM contributing editor Glenn Reynolds talks about the rights of all citizens in a democracy—to obey or change the laws of the land.

Since 9/11, cryptology expert and security consultant Bruce Schneier has been one of the most pointed critics of the government's anti-terrorism security programs. In his 2003 book "Beyond Fear," he coined the phrase "security theater" to refer to measures which are undertaken not because they will be effective at thwarting attacks, but because the agencies carrying them out need to appear to be doing something useful. We spoke to Schneier about the recent controversy involving the Transport Security Agency's use of invasive scanners and full-body pat-downs. Here's the full interview.